How much sugar do Americans consume?
This Sept. 15, 2011, file photo shows the nutrition label on a can of soda with the ingredient high fructose corn syrup, in Philadelphia.
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Northport VA hospital’s troubles focus of House panel hearing
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Trump slams ‘Trojan horse’ migrants, son sparks outrage
Donald Trump's hardline stance on immigration after two bombings in the New York area again sparked debate on the White House campaign trail on Tuesday, as his son sparked a firestorm by comparing Syrian refugees to lethal candies. Donald Trump has championed police profiling of suspects and promised to bar immigrants and travellers from certain countries deemed dangerous, like Syria.
Paterson’s First Hospital Celebrates 150 Years
PATERSON, NJ [September 19, 2016] - St. Joseph's Healthcare System, New Jersey's premier Catholic healthcare system, launched a year-long series of 150th Anniversary celebrations on Thursday, September 8th with the unveiling of a historic marker to commemorate the humble beginnings of St. Joseph's Hospital. Paterson's first hospital, now known as St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, a member of the Healthcare System, was established by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth on September 8, 1867, in response to the industrialized City's dire need for carea body, mind and spirit.
Craziest Clinton conspiracy yet
LAST week, Hillary Clinton was apparently using a body double. This week, she might actually be a hologram - or dead.
George W. Bush paintings book coming in 2017
"Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors" will feature 66 oil paintings and a four-panel mural by Bush of military veterans and those in active service, the Crown Publishing Group told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The book is scheduled to come out Feb. 28, 2017, and will include an introduction by Bush and forewords by former first lady Laura Bush and by Gen.
For Native Americans, Land Is More Than Just The Ground Beneath Their Feet
While shuffling through a Washington, D.C.-area metro station recently, I noticed a large ad for the technology company Brocade plastered on the wall: This is, of course, an attempt at a cheeky play on obsessive-compulsive disorder, in which sufferers have compulsions to do the same things over and over. Companies and people alike frequently evoke the mental disorder with lighthearted puns or references just like that one.
Trump closes door on one falsehood, opens door to another
Even as Donald Trump sought to close the door on the false conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, he peddled another lie by claiming that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, was behind it. There is no evidence that is true.
Fishermen upset over creation of Atlantic’s first monument
This undated file photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made during the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013, shows corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of New England in the North Atlantic Ocean. ... President Barack Obama will establish Sept.
Trump signed improper charity check supporting Florida AG
This photo made in the Associated Press Washington bureau on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 shows a copy of a check provided by the New York state attorney general that shows a payment of $25,000 from the Donald J. Trump Foundation to And Justice For All ... signed by Donald J. Trump.
Veto Override Makes Missouri Newest a Stand Your Grounda State
On September 14 Missouri's Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest "Stand Your Ground" state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights by carrying handguns on their persons for self-defense.
Veterans advocates, lawmakers fight for protection in NDAA against less-than-honorable discharges
Veterans service organizations are pressuring lawmakers working on the National Defense Authorization Bill to include an amendment protecting servicemembers with mental illness from less-than-honorable discharges. Veterans advocates and lawmakers said Tuesday at a news conference outside the Capitol that about 22,000 veterans with mental illness have received less-than-honorable discharges, called "bad paper," since 2009.
A former chef at the ‘world’s best restaurant’ created these gourmet…
A former chef at the 'world's best restaurant' created these gourmet school lunches that cost under $4 to make the "world's best" - has left the world of fine dining. Now, he's taken on an even more daunting task: redesigning the public school lunch.
U.S. special operations troops in ISIS fight frustrated with limited role
Special operations troops say they should be doing more in the war against the Islamic State group, complaining of strict rules of engagement and White House limits on troop numbers in Iraq and Syria . Two years after the U.S. went to war, American commandos in relatively small numbers are in at least five countries under Islamic State assault: Syria , Iraq , Libya, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Mainstream Media Sensationalizes Incident, Embraces Clinton Health Conspiracy
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves after leaving an apartment building Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in New York.
Hillary’s media is torching its standardsto cover the election
There is nothing more to learn about Hillary Clinton's home-brew server, deleted e-mails, chronic cough or anything else that makes her look bad, according to The Washington Post. And The New York Times, stung by Clinton's woeful performance at last week's presidential forum, believes the debates are going to be a total disaster unless moderators get much, much tougher with Donald Trump.To judge from her tone, the Gray Lady finally has found somebody she wants to waterboard.
Isolated workers catch fish for U.S.
Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hardworking fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.
Hillary’s health suddenly legitimized as campaign issue by fainting …
All the sneering of the left and their media enablers over "conspiracy theories" about Hillary's health can no longer contain the explosive issue of her physical fitness for office. At a moment the nation's eyes were focused on her and her rival at the 9/11 ceremonies in New York City, she demonstrated a fragile constitution and looked like death warmed over).
Foreign fishermen confined to boats catch Hawaiian seafood
Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hard-working fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all undocumented foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.
Clinton, Trump confront weaknesses in security forum
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton confronted their key weaknesses in a televised national security forum, with the Republican defending his preparedness to be commander in chief despite vague plans for tackling global challenges and the Democrat arguing that her controversial email practices did not expose questionable judgment. Trump also renewed his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his disdain for President Barack Obama , saying that the Russian enjoyed an 82 percent approval rating.